With 359 Million Metric tonnes produced globally in 2018, the rate of plastic production has climbed steadily over the last 70 years.
We currently have 9.2 billion tons of the stuff to deal with and more than 6.9 billion tons has become waste.

There are five growing islands of plastic waste floating in the world’s oceans. It’s been estimated that these five islands constitute only 5% of plastic in the ocean. The other 95% either sank or has broken down into micro-plastics.